The Path of Continued Growth

"Now that the site has been cleared, the next step... is to plant trees!"

Hinata had previously investigated Urashiki's memories and knew how the Otsutsuki clan cultivated the God Tree.

The method of cultivating the God Tree seed is the Ōtsutsuki Main Family's top secret, and even Urashiki's level is not yet aware of these secrets.

Hinata wants to plant the God Tree, and there are currently only two methods.

One option is to transform the Urashiki corpse in Orochimaru's possession into God Tree, using the abundant Natural Energy within Ryūchi Cave to allow the God Tree to continue growing.

Secondly, there is the God Tree that transforms itself.

These two methods are roughly similar to how Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha summoned the God Tree.

However, Hinata faced another problem: the God Tree, which had already borne fruit, could not produce a second one.

In the Otsutsuki clan, God Tree that has already borne fruit has no further use. The only way to harvest new fruit is to plant a new God Tree.

Even after Kaguya Otsutsuki ate the Devil Fruit, she could only use the power of the God Tree to cultivate White Zetsu.

The Tenseigan in the Tenseigan Chamber on the moon is cultivated in the same way as the White Zetsu, by absorbing Natural Energy from the God Tree and then transforming it into special energies such as life force and Yin-Yang Release.

Simply planting trees is useless.

In addition, the environment in which the God Tree grows also determines its upper limit of growth.

To use Hinata's words from her previous life, the world level determines the upper limit that a cultivator can reach.

Kaguya Otsutsuki's strength represents the pinnacle of the Ninja World.

"Um..."

Hinata scratched her head.

Due to the different growth environment of the God Tree, the God Tree inside Urashiki's body has actually reached its growth limit.

It's like how adults can no longer grow taller.

But... you can gain weight!

Hey~

Hinata gave a soft shout, formed hand Hand Seals, and her Six-Tomoe Rinnegan on her forehead opened again.

Amidst the rubble and ruins at Hinata's feet, a sapling sprouted from the soil and quickly grew into a towering tree.

At the very top of the God Tree, a flower bud was about to bloom, its colors vibrant, yet it gave off an eerie feeling, like a man-eating flower that seemed ready to devour its prey—beautiful yet fraught with danger.

The moment the God Tree took shape, Hinata instinctively sensed the endless Natural Energy being absorbed into her body as nourishment by the God Tree. However, there was a sense of 'strain' within the God Tree, as if it didn't know how to continue growing.

"Really..."

Once the God Tree had absorbed enough Natural Energy, it could no longer absorb Natural Energy because it could not bear fruit.

"But I'm a time traveler!"

Hinata wasn't discouraged. Coming from Earth, where information explodes, the biggest advantage is having a wildly imaginative mind.

They dare to think of anything, and they dare to try anything as long as it's reasonable.

Hinata has countless novels in her mind that she can draw inspiration from. As long as the training system in them can be adapted to the Ninja World, she can try to transform it into her own training method.

For example, Hinata's 'sea of spirit' is actually just sealing Natural Energy in the form of Jinchuriki.

But when Natural Energy solidifies, isn't that the Golden Elixir?

When Hinata used the power of Yin-Yang Release to transform solidified Natural Energy into Tailed Beasts, wasn't that Nascent Soul?

The God Tree in front of Hinata is actually Hinata's true form.

Hinata simply divided the God Tree into two parts: the God Tree's Chakra resided within Hinata's body, while the God Tree's true form was summoned and transformed back into its original appearance.

Although the God Tree can no longer bear fruit, it still possesses the ability to transform Natural Energy.

The fruit of the God Tree is actually a vessel that holds this power.

Without a container, the God Tree itself cannot continue to grow, and the life force transformed from the God Tree has nowhere to go.

So what Hinata needs to do next is to find a fruit for the God Tree so that it can continue to transform Natural Energy.

"You're the one!"

As Hinata's original form, Hinata and the God Tree have a certain connection.

Hinata possesses two abilities most suitable for use as the God Tree Fruit.

Firstly, there's Hinata's Tenseigan.

Because the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan originated from this God Tree, it has already grown to the limit that the God Tree can reach, and naturally cannot continue to grow now.

Secondly, there's the Yin-Yang Seal within Hinata's body.

Hinata has always taken the Yin-Yang Seal very seriously. However, no matter how much Natural Energy Hinata absorbs or how much life force she incorporates, that ball of Natural Energy always remains just that —Natural Energy.

I always feel like something's missing before I can truly become Tailed Beasts.

Now that Hinata has the God Tree, perhaps she can glimpse its secrets.

By connecting the God Tree to the Yin-Yang Seal, Hinata immediately sensed a massive surge of life force flowing into her body.

Along with her life force, Hinata also absorbed the power of Yin-Yang Release.

"This is..."

Wind, thunder, water, fire, earth!?

"I see!"

Hinata understood.

The reason why Hinata's Yin-Yang Seal has been unable to condense into a Hinata Nascent Soul has never been due to a lack of Natural Energy, but rather to an imbalance in the ratio of life force to Natural Energy.

To form Tailed Beasts called a 'Nascent Soul', one needs not only a vast amount of Natural Energy, but also a vast amount of life force, Yin-Yang Release, and the energy of the Five Elements Escape Technique.

The life force required for this alone would be enough to drain Hinata dry.

The Nine Tailed Beasts represent the power of the God Tree over a thousand years. For Hinata to achieve this in just a few years is a truly unrealistic dream.

"It really works!"

Hinata was overjoyed to sense the changes within the Yin-Yang Seal.

The originally enormous Natural Energy, drawn by the power of the God Tree, has begun to converge towards the center point.

When all the power merges into one, that is the moment when the Golden Core is formed.

The so-called Golden Elixir is actually the Chakra Fruit.

Once the golden core is formed, Hinata will use her Yin-Yang Release power to break the golden core and form a nascent soul.

Once Hinata's Nascent Soul is fully Nascent Soul, she will naturally be able to fight using the power of her Nascent Soul, just like Naruto in his Nine-Tails Mode!

Of course, if that were all, it wouldn't be enough to surprise Hinata.

After all, this is Urashiki's God Tree, and its potential is far inferior to Kaguya's God Tree.

What truly surprised Hinata was the golden core itself.

Once the golden core is formed, Hinata can absorb it as her own power.

This is equivalent to Hinata being able to use the power of the God Tree to continuously cultivate the Chakra Fruit within her body, and then absorb the fruit to turn it into her own power.

Hehehehe~

Although the whole process may take hundreds or even thousands of years for Hinata to undergo a qualitative change.

But does Hinata lack time?

In her Hinata read novels where cultivators would spend decades or even centuries in seclusion.

Time doesn't matter at all; what Hinata truly needs is the path to continue growing!